LONDON — Dominic Cummings — adviser-turned-nemesis of Boris Johnson — claimed Saturday he held talks with Rishi Sunak about a “secret deal” to help the prime minister win the next election. The bombshell revelation is likely to anger Tory MPs who see the mastermind of the Vote Leave campaign for Brexit as a divisive figure, … Read more
The Turkish Super Cup football final to be played in Saudi Arabia on Friday was canceled after a dispute with Saudi authorities over the players’ shirts, according to media reports. The match between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe was scheduled for Friday evening in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, but it had to be postponed over what the clubs described as “some … Read more
Imagine if Brussels was hosting the 2024 Olympics. Sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it? But believe it or not, while the EU’s capital might not have the necessary infrastructure to hold the world’s largest sporting showpiece, there are some events that it would be ideally placed to host. We took a look at nine of the best. Kicking … Read more
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Nerdy political scientists, pompous think tankers and pretentious academics: Out! Astrologers: In! The world has become so uncertain and destabilized at this point that you might as well ask the stars for predictions about what could happen in 2024. So we did just that … Read more
As the curtains draw on a tumultuous year, 2023 leaves behind a tapestry of unraveled events, painting a world shrouded in uncertainty and grappling with an ominous glimpse of the future. In a kaleidoscope of occurrences that defy easy categorization, selecting defining images for an annual overview becomes a difficult task. To encapsulate the essence … Read more
BELGRADE, Serbia — Tens of thousands gathered in central Belgrade on Saturday in one of the largest protests since the Serbian election two weeks ago, united in their charges of vote fraud and in urging the EU to take serious note of unfolding events in the country. “I want to invite our friends from Europe … Read more
Ukraine launched a series of drone and missile attacks on Russia in what Moscow described as “indiscriminate attacks” that killed 14 people, including two children. The Ukrainian strikes came after large-scale Russian air attacks on Friday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that the death toll from Friday’s airstrikes had risen to 39. Kyiv, … Read more
Ukraine launched a series of drone and missile attacks on Russia over the past 24 hours, killing at least 10 people, Russian officials said on Saturday. The Russian emergency ministry said one child was among those killed in Belgorod, a city less than 50 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. Another 45 people, including four children, … Read more
As scores of tech-funded EAs spread across key policy nodes in Washington, they’re triggering a culture clash — landing in the city’s incremental, detail-oriented culture with a fervor more akin to religious converts than policy professionals. Regulators in Washington usually dwell in a world of practical disputes, like how AI could promote racial profiling, spread … Read more
It’s been a lot. We know. So in an effort to unpack it, we asked our team of experts to walk through the basics of Trump and the 14th Amendment. Okay. What is actually going on here? The 14th Amendment of the Constitution includes a clause that prohibits anyone who has “engaged in insurrection or … Read more
